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PC-Anywhere and Virus propogation

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by strebor77

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Does anyone know if it is possible to receive a Virus, being a Trojan or a Worm, through PC-Anywhere from Symantec? I had the question thrown at me. The only way I could think this would occur is if you pulled an infected file across from an infected PC, but not by just being attached to the PC. Am I correct in my thinking? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

The PC's that we are concerned with do have shares, are NT Workstations, and we usually Dial in or have a VPN Connection.

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by mrjay67

Im sure that anything is possible. It all depends on the virus and how it was written. If its actively searching for network ports/addresses etc, then yeah it possibly could be. I believe it was Nimda that was network aware and actively searched for PCs about a year or so ago. Most viruses(or is it virri?) search on the local PC drives and try to email themselves out. There are almost always new viruses comming out with new abilities so its a good idea to always have a virus scanner like Norton to protect your computer. Its better safe than sorry. It used to be that you couldnt get infected by just reading a bad email but that has now changed with html able email and the ability to view it in preview panes(i.e: outlook). Anything goes nowadays, so just be carefull.

Jason

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